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5. U. affinis Wight. 
This is called U. uliginosa Vahl by Gamble, Fl. Madr. p. 981 (1924), 
he separates it from U. ceerulea (U. gramintfolia) as follows : 
Scapes slender, simple, 2-6 in. high, 3—6-flowered ; 
sepals ovate, acute; corolla small with obovate 
upper and orbicular entire lower lip, the latter 
‘2-3 in. broad with straight conical spur slightly 
curved forwards ; seeds subglobose, the testa with 
subhexagonal scrobiculate areoles . : : . uliginosa 
(affinis). 
Scapes slender, sometimes slightly twining, short, 
4-6 in. long, rarely longer; the scales few and 
distant, lanceolate; spur narrowly-conic, curved; 
calyx lobes ovate acuminate; corolla with obovate 
upper and broadly ovate reticulate lower lip ; seeds 
reticulate with elongate areoles_. : : . coerulea 
(graminifolia). 
The most important characters appear to be: U. uliginosa (1) lower 
lip of corolla orbicular, entire, (2) spur ‘‘ straight conical slightly 
curved,’’ (3) seeds ‘* subglobose, the testa with subhexagonal scrobicu- 
late areoles.”’ 
U. ceerulea (1) lower lip of corolla ovate, (2) spur curved, (3) seeds 
reticulate with elongate areoles. 
But these characters do not appear to be constantly associated. 
e.g. Wight Ic. t. 1578 p. 1 has an acuminate lower lip and hexagonal 
areoles and is referred to U. uliginosa by Gamble, the same applies 
to t. 1580 1 t. 1578 2. has an emarginate lip and hexagonal areoles. 
t. 1575 has elongate areoles and an emarginate and acuminate lip. 
t. 1573 has elongate areoles and an obtuse tip. 
The common Ceylon plant has an entire lip and slightly curved spur. 
Ceylon U. affinis does not appear to be specifically distant. 
6. U. reticulata Sm. 
Delgoda; Hiyare, Galle. 
Var. stricticaulis Koenig is separated as a species (U. stricticaulis 
Stapf} by Gamble, Fl. Madr. p. 981 (1924), but if, as seems scarcely 
likely, it should prove to be a good species it should surely take the 
name U. polygonoides Edgw. 
Also in S. India. 
Page 270.—For U. nivea Vahl read: 
Spur longer than the lower lip of the corolla, 
directed forwards ; : : : . & UD. NrwEaA, 
Spur shorter than the lower lip of the 
corolla, directed downwards . : . ga. U. ROSEO-PURPUREA. 
g. U. nivea Vahl. 
U. obtusiloba Benj., in Linnza XX, p. 312 (1847), from Ceylon, 
may be this species or the next. 
ga. U. roseo-purpurea Stapf ex Gamble FI. Madr. p. 983 
(1924). U. racemosa var. rosea Thw. Enum. p. 172 (1860). U. nivea 
var. rosea Trim. Fl. Ceyl. III, p. 270 (1895). U. rosea Clarke in FI. 
Brit. Ind. IV, p. 33 (1885) non Oliv. 
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